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Nils Trost

Postdoc

Nils Trost

I'm investigating the evolution and development of gonads, combining transcriptomics and epigenomics to better understand the cell types that make up these central reproductive organs. Additionally, I maintain the computing server infrastructure of the lab.

My hobbies include programming, making music and passing the pigs 🐖🐖.

Publications at the Kaessmann Lab:

Zaremba, B. et al. (2025) Developmental origins and evolution of pallial cell types and structures in birds. Science

Fallahsharoudi, A. et al. (2024) A male-essential microRNA is key for avian sex chromosome dosage compensation. bioRxiv

Sepp, M. et al. (2024) Cellular development and evolution of the mammalian cerebellum. Nature

Trost, N. et al. (2023) The molecular evolution of mammalian spermatogenesis. Cells & Development

Sarropoulos, I. et al. (2021) Developmental and evolutionary dynamics of cis-regulatory elements in mouse cerebellar cells. Science

Other publications:

Interdisciplinary work with the Natural Language Processing Group Heidelberg:

Parcalabescu, L. et al. (2021) What is multimodality? ALVR'21

Work from my master thesis project at Ingrid Lohmann's Group at the COS Heidelberg:

Tamirisa, S. et al. (2018) Decoding the regulatory logic of the Drosophila male stem cell system. Cell Reports

Trost N. et al. (2018) WEADE: A workflow for enrichment analysis and data exploration. Plos one

Domsch, K. et al. (2019) Behavioral effects of triadimefon in zebrafish are associated with alterations of the dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways. Elife

Work from internship at Miguel Allende's Group at Universidad de Chile:

Paredes-Zúñiga, S. et al. (2019) Behavioral effects of triadimefon in zebrafish are associated with alterations of the dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry